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State of Medtech

State of Medtech is the #1 podcast in medtech and medical devices. Hosted by Omar M. Khateeb, we go inside the business and science of healthcare innovation—with unfiltered interviews from top investors, startup founders, and industry leaders. Each week, we feature candid interviews with: 💼 Top medtech investors & VCs 🧠 Founders of disruptive medical device startups 🧬 Clinicians & industry leaders shaping the future of medicine From go-to-market to M&A, AI to surgical robotics, this is your edge for scaling, funding, and selling in medtech. New episodes weekly.

368. Trump MRI and the Truth About Longevity Scans with Sean O'Mara MD JD and Daniel J. Durand MD

81 hours 33 mins; March 30, 2026

The Book of Elon: Exploring Elon Musk’s Most Useful Ideas with Author Eric Jorgenson

73 hours 13 mins; March 25, 2026

366. Listening: How to Listen Better and Master the Subtle Art of Shutting Up

19 mins; March 16, 2026

365. Strategics: How Olympus Innovation Ventures Is Building the Future of MedTech Innovation with Abigail Hunter-Syed

49 mins; March 11, 2026

364.Leadership: INSIGHTEC CCO Jake Ghannam On Scaling a Breakthrough Neurosurgery Company

66 hours 15 mins; March 09, 2026

363.Longevity: How Prenuvo Is Pioneering Whole Body Scans for Longevity with CMO Daniel J. Durand MD

61 hours 47 mins; March 05, 2026

362.US Surgical: Joe DeVivo on Leon Hirsch's The Ten Techniques and How It Built an Empire

97 hours 53 mins; March 02, 2026

361.US Surgical Chuck Vivian Inside the Most Intense Sales Culture in Medical Device

72 hours 13 mins; February 25, 2026

360. US Surgical: Tony Recupero and the Sales Training that Built a Billion Dollar Empire

32 mins; February 23, 2026

359.US Surgical: VP of R&D Kurt Azarbarzin on Scaling Product and Innovation of a Billion Dollar Empire

43 mins; February 20, 2026

358.Surgical: Christian Babini on Mentorship, Culture First Leadership, and Billion Dollar Execution

59 mins; February 18, 2026

357.US Surgical: Jose R. Aguirrechu on Sales Culture and Building a $550M Division

58 mins; February 16, 2026

356.US Surgical: Lee Cohen Sr Director of Laparoscopy on Launching Endoclip, Trocars, and the Laparoscopic Gold Rush

82 hours 39 mins; February 12, 2026

355.US Surgical: The History of Leon Hirsch and Medtech's Most Infamous Company

37 mins; February 10, 2026

354.Cardiology: iRhythm CEO Quentin Blackford on Scaling proactive & predictive care with AI in cardiology

60 hours 4 mins; February 03, 2026

353.Venture: Diego Serrano Cabrera On Venture, Writing and How to Build a Profitable Medtech Company

79 hours 24 mins; January 30, 2026

352. Med Reps: Exposing corruption in the vendor credentialing system in medical device sales with Dr. Brian Blackwood

62 hours 12 mins; January 26, 2026

351.Elon Musk on Robot Surgeons: Why AI Could Redefine Surgery and the Future of Medical Care.

33 mins; January 23, 2026

350. LSI Keynote: Masimo Founder Joe Kiani on beating Apple and lessons learned on the path to building a billion dollar company

30 mins; January 21, 2026

349: Microbiome: How AI Predicts Disease and Personalizes Your Diet with Leo Grady of Jona

40 mins; January 15, 2026

348:Gut Health's New Frontier: Scott Hickle on Throne's Smart Toilet

48 mins; January 13, 2026

347: This Month in Medtech Dec 2025: Single-Use Robot Breakthrough, Freenome's $330M SPAC, and Edwards' Strategic Move.

59 mins; January 08, 2026

346:The 2026 MedTech Exit Playbook: How Spin-Outs Like DePuy Synthes Are Changing M&A Forever.

32 mins; January 05, 2026

345. Marketing: Eko Health’s Director of Enterprise Marketing Grace Hanson

66 hours 45 mins; December 29, 2025

344. Cardiology: Reinventing the EKG: A Conversation with Crimson Scientific Founders Dr. Michael Cetta & Mark Zachary.

47 mins; December 22, 2025

343. Marketing: Showpad's Moon Kang on AI, Revenue & The Full Funnel

68 hours 28 mins; December 18, 2025

342. Cardiology: CathWorks CEO Ramin Mousavi on AI, Physiology & the Future of Coronary Care

58 mins; December 15, 2025

341. Venture: Medtech’s New Era: Big Tech, AI & Diagnostics with Venture Capital Investor Garheng Kong.

53 mins; December 11, 2025

340.Cybersecurity: What Founders Must Fix Early with Christian Espinosa.

28 mins; December 08, 2025

339.This Month in Medtech: $21B Deals, Cardiovascular Boom & AI Surges

61 hours 5 mins; December 03, 2025

338. Strategics: How Siemens Invests in Medtech with Komeil Nasrollahi, Sr. Director of Innovation & Venture Partnerships at Siemens Healthineers

49 mins; December 01, 2025

337. Biz Dev: Inside the Mind of a MedTech Buyer: A Conversation with Brent Lavin⁠ of BD.

48 mins; November 24, 2025

336. Vascular: New Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR) Approach for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms with Dr. Anahita Dua

43 mins; November 19, 2025

335. Career: Doug Boyd , SVP & GM at Imperative Care

71 hours 11 mins; November 17, 2025

334.How Your Microbiome Controls Your Health with Leo Grady, Founder and CEO of Jona

52 mins; November 14, 2025

333. Longevity: How Visceral Belly Fat Reveals How Long You'll Live with Dr. Sean O'Mara

51 mins; November 10, 2025

332. Spine: Robert Isaacs, M.D of TrackX Explains Why Real-Time Instrument Tracking is Needed in Spine Surgery

42 mins; November 05, 2025

331. This Month in Medtech: Boston Sci’s new billion dollar venture, J&J’s ortho spinout plus LSI's Compass Reveals Q4 Hot 25

65 hours 24 mins; November 03, 2025

330. Presidents Club with Medical Sales Rep Gina Torres

49 mins; October 31, 2025

326. Neuro: World’s first and only drug delivery system to bypass the blood-brain barrier for direct, targeted treatment with Dr. Chad Gordon

45 mins; October 31, 2025

329. Ortho: Fixing God's Worst Invention: A Surgeon's Quest to Heal Shoulders

34 mins; October 29, 2025

328. Cardio: How AI & Deep Tech Are Transforming Cardiac Care with Eman Namati CEO at SpectraWAVE

43 mins; October 28, 2025

327. Derm: Why Every Soldier's Backpack Needs Omega Sheets with Joseph Connell CEO of NeuEsse Inc.

28 mins; October 24, 2025

Neurotech: How Graphene Is Redefining Brain-Computer Interfaces (with Carolina Aguilar)

41 mins; October 21, 2025

324. Sales: Using AI to Close More Deals in MedTech with Omar Khateeb & Showpad's Chris Kosrow

55 mins; October 18, 2025

323. Ortho: How this MINI Robot Can Take On Medtech Giants with Stuart Simpson, CEO of Think Surgical

40 mins; October 15, 2025

Surgical Robots: Virtual Incision CEO Jim Alecxih on Miniaturized Platforms and the Utilization Race

54 mins; October 14, 2025

Urology: Using MRI Guided Robotics for Incisionless Treatment of Prostate Cancer with Stanford Urologic Oncologist Geoffrey Sonn

39 mins; October 10, 2025

This Month in Medtech: Build to Buy, Heartflow IPO, Strategics on the Move

71 hours 18 mins; October 08, 2025

BCI: Paradromics Founder Matt Angle on BCI and the Race to High-Speed Brain Interfaces

36 mins; October 03, 2025

Startups: Avoiding the Biggest Startup Mistakes with Paul Grand, CEO of MedTech Innovator

60 hours 0 mins; October 01, 2025

Cardiology: AliveCor founder Dr. David Albert on the Future of Digital Cardiology

79 hours 23 mins; September 29, 2025

Cardiology: Happitech Founder Yosef Harb of on Scaling AFib Monitoring Through Smartphones

29 mins; September 26, 2025

Cardiology: The Future of AI in Cardiology with EchoIQ CEO Dustin Haines

47 mins; September 25, 2025

Venture: Armen Vidian on Rethinking Medtech VC and AI Enabled Devices

66 hours 25 mins; September 22, 2025

Vascular: AVS Pulse CTO Robert Chisena on Intravascular Lithotripsy and the Future of Calcium Treatment

27 mins; September 19, 2025

Neurosurgery: Dr. Maurice Ferré on Insightec and the Rise of Focused Ultrasound

75 hours 11 mins; September 18, 2025

Venture: Scott Huennekens on The Worst Deals of His Career and What Medtech Leaders Can Learn from them

81 hours 35 mins; September 17, 2025

Stroke: Dr. Thomas Devlin on Robotic TCD, Stroke Workflows, & Detecting Missed PFOs

70 hours 28 mins; September 15, 2025

Wound Care: Preventing Diabetic Amputations: Modulim CEO Amaan Mazhar on Imaging and Early Detection

32 mins; September 13, 2025

Cardiology: Mayo Clinic’s Dr. Mohamad Alkhouli on AI and the Future of Cardiology

67 hours 15 mins; September 12, 2025

From Insomnia to Innovation: Moonbird CEO Stephanie Broes on Breathwork and Sleep

43 mins; September 07, 2025

NFL Veteran Leonard Wheeler on Beating Prostate Cancer and Why Men Must Stop Waiting

59 mins; September 03, 2025

Impact of Metabolic Activity Driving Precision in Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Dr. Steven Kovacs

54 mins; August 30, 2025

Non-Surgical BCIs: Subsense CEO Tetiana Aleksandrova on Neurodegeneration and Cognitive Enhancement

37 mins; August 26, 2025

Brain Computer Interfaces: From Signals to Clinical Reality

42 mins; August 21, 2025

July Medtech Recap: Q2 Earnings, Deals, and Robotic Endoscopy

47 secs; August 18, 2025

How Vessl Prosthetics Plans to Transform Fit and Comfort

40 mins; August 13, 2025

John Brown’s Leadership Playbook: How Stryker Grew from $17M to $4.3B

24 mins; August 11, 2025

From Silicon Valley to Stroke Innovation: Ronen Eckhouse on Rapid Medical’s Vision

47 mins; August 07, 2025

298. Breast Cancer: Perimeter Medical’s AI Platform Slashes Re-Excisions and Costs in Breast Cancer Treatment

44 mins; July 31, 2025

297. Venture: Inside MedTech Fundraising: Valuation, Pitching, and Surviving This Market

48 mins; July 29, 2025

296. Reimagining Medtech: Arsenal’s Mission to Engineer Smarter Devices

31 mins; July 24, 2025

295. Engineering the Future of Surgery: Catherine Mohr on Training, Access & Innovation

60 hours 29 mins; July 23, 2025

294. From ICU Monitors to AI Twins: How Retia Is Advancing Hemodynamic Monitoring With AI

43 mins; July 17, 2025

293. Craig Gaffin on Scaling Innovation and ASC Strategy at Smith+Nephew

66 hours 19 mins; July 15, 2025

292. June in Medtech: $700M in Deals, Medtronic’s Strategic Exit & LSI Highlights

58 mins; July 10, 2025

291. How Mako Became Medtech’s Most Ethical Robot, and Crushed the Shorts

76 hours 49 mins; July 08, 2025

290. Tech’s Answer to Medtech’s Feedback Problem: A Conversation with Fanvoice Founder Sasi Parthasarathy

42 mins; July 03, 2025

289. Jelani Abdus-Salaam on AI Agents, HIPAA Compliance & the Rise of Autonomous Healthcare

46 mins; July 01, 2025

288. How Pristine Surgical Is Disrupting Endoscopy with Single Use + Subscription Models

54 mins; June 26, 2025

287. How Laura Francis Took SI-BONE Public, Scaled a Category, and Hit Profitability

58 mins; June 24, 2025

286. Spine: Why Proprio Thinks Surgical Navigation Needs Change — Gabriel Jones on the Future of AI in Spine

48 mins; June 19, 2025

285. TechMed vs. Medtech: How AI and Data Are Redefining the Industry

73 hours 42 mins; June 17, 2025

284. AI in Fertility: Illumicell’s Bold Bet on Sperm, Longevity & Preventative Health

47 mins; June 12, 2025

283. Avoiding FDA Cybersecurity Rejections: A Medtech Playbook with Blue Goat Cyber

46 mins; June 10, 2025

282. This Month in Medtech: Medtronic spins out diabetes, ResMed’s quiet acquisition acquires, Boston Sci ends heart valve business plus $425M in deals

64 hours 19 mins; June 05, 2025

281. Urology How Profound Medical is Disrupting Prostate Surgery with AI & MRI-Guided Robotics

64 hours 15 mins; June 03, 2025

280. The Future of Stroke Diagnosis: Robert Hamilton on NeuraSignal’s Mission to End Missed Strokes

43 mins; May 29, 2025

279. Ray Cohen on Building & Selling Billion-Dollar MedTech Startups Without Bankers

42 mins; May 27, 2025

278. Market Engineering and Why Startups Fail After Funding with Traction Gap Author Bruce Cleveland

64 hours 10 mins; May 21, 2025

277. Inside Intuitive: Gary Guthart on AI, Diagnosis Delays, and Medtech’s Future

52 mins; May 19, 2025

276. Stroke: Using Histotripsy for Stroke with Dr. Ameer Hassan of Quantanosis

47 mins; May 15, 2025

275. Bulletproof Your Knees: Dr. Alan Reznik on Longevity, Injury Prevention, and Smart Joint Training

75 hours 22 mins; May 13, 2025

274. This Month in Medtech: Edwards’ Big Move, $200M Robotics Bet & AI Shifts

55 mins; May 08, 2025

273. Family Office: How Ivanny Franklin Uses Her NAMSA Experience to Invest

61 hours 23 mins; May 06, 2025

272. Pain: Optogenetics, Closed-Loop Pain Tech & AI: Dr. Tim Deer on the Future of Interventional Spine

59 mins; May 02, 2025

271. Josh Makower on the FDA & AMA Impact on Medtech Innovation & How to Fix It

58 mins; April 28, 2025

270. Running a Public Company vs Startup with Todd Usen

61 hours 38 mins; April 24, 2025

269. Jim Alecxih on Tailoring Your Value Prop to the Surgeon

66 hours 57 mins; April 21, 2025

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